Devon Flanagan, a Special Assistant Attorney General, pleaded nolo contendere to a misdemeanor trespassing charge after an August 14 arrest at the Clarke Cooke House in Newport. Court records show a six-month filing that could allow dismissal if she avoids further trouble. Flanagan was ordered not to return to the restaurant. Video shows her asking officers to turn off a bodycam, citing protocol, and repeatedly invoking her AG title while saying, "You're going to regret it. I'm an A-" Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha placed her on six months unpaid leave and urged reflection and corrective changes. Police clarified bodycams may be turned off at officer discretion when requested by a victim or witness.
A Rhode Island prosecutor who told Newport police they would "regret" arresting her in a now-viral bodycam video has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor trespassing charge. Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan entered the "nolo contendere" plea during her arraignment Wednesday, court records show. Court records indicate Flanagan - whose full name is Devon Flanagan Hogan - received a six-month filing, meaning the case could be dismissed if she stays out of trouble.
Newport police arrested Flanagan on a charge of willful trespassing after receiving a call about an "unwanted party" at Clarke Cooke House Aug. 14. Officers spoke with Flanagan and her friend, 34-year-old Veronica Hannan, during a brief but tense exchange outside the restaurant. "I want you to turn your bodycam off," Flanagan says in the video. "Protocol is that you turn it off if a citizen requests ... to turn it off."
Flanagan also invokes her title several times in the bodycam footage, repeatedly telling officers, "I'm an AG." "You're going to regret it. I'm an A-" Flanagan says in the video as an officer leads her to a police cruiser and closes the door. The prosecutor's plea comes just days after Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha placed Flanagan on unpaid leave for six months and encouraged her to "reflect on the seriousness of her conduct" and make "corrective changes."
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